En Passant

05 Sep 2019 - Northern Ireland v Luxembourg 2-1 06 Sep 2019 - Scotland v Russia 0-2 06 Sep 2019 - Wales v Azerbaijan 2-1 07 Sep 2019 - England v Bulgaria 2-1 09 Sep 2019 - Northern Ireland v Germany 0-3 09 Sep 2019 - Scotland v Belgium 0-2 09 Sep 2019 - Wales v Belarus 2-1 10 Sep 2019 - England v Kosovo 3-0 Credit: Biblio for nicking his neatly laid out template.

That just changed... Valerie Harper gone. So out as of rights which weirdly (or perhaps not) feels slightly better than out on a late pen. GL to those remaining.

I'm also assuming I don't have your luck with late entries and will be gone

I have np with any of that assuming that's why we've been tagged. I see no occasion on which I personally am likely to spend the time predicting draws and pen results for cup games but have no issue with giving points to those that can be arsed.

This is what I'm on about. We agree Sanchez. Ozil. Bale ffs. I don't blame any of them, but they barely play and teams that have 100 years or more of history and a fanbase to match are going to the wall for an amount these guys could cough up without having to trade the Bentley for a Fiesta. I repeat, it's not those players fault. But the system is broken, and on a global scale it's just a microcosm (yeah that word again) of the koch way.

check the part where I don't blame the players deathers. You take what you can in this world I guess. But there's something badly wrong with everything where teams are going bust only one division down from the top rung, whilst one player in a team on that top rung is making enough in one week to save them. That's what I'm on about, the disparity between "the top" and everyone else. It's not just football is the point I'm badly making. Edit for accuracy. OK, two steps. but the point holds i fear.

It's not even Fort William (no offence, I love them) we're talking about here, these are teams only one step down. It's insane.

Maybe it's just me, but some players on 1/2 a million quid a fucking week, and some of those largely sitting on a bench whilst this happens? What the actual fuck is happening in this world? Football is a microcosm of that (recently deceased, haha take that) cunt Koch. To repeat, maybe it's just me. but i'm fucking fed up of it. NB. I don't blame the 24 million a year guys, it's not them.... Meh.

Idgaf mate ;). It's a lot of work for you, whatever's easiest.

Jay, Eurovision =/= Europe no matter what the psychological scars. Still, you've made your mind up.

Tuesday 27th August 2019 (18 Games - Maximum Points: 54 points) 0/1/3 - Burton Albion v Morecambe (19:45) [LC] 2-0 0/1/3 - Crewe Alexandria v Aston Villa (19:45) [LC] 0-2 0/1/3 - Grimsby Town v Macclesfield Town (19:45) [LC] 2-1 0/1/3 - Leeds United v Stoke City (19:45) [LC] 2-1 0/1/3 - Nottingham Forest v Derby County (19:45) [LC] 1-2 0/1/3 - Preston North End v Hull City (19:45) [LC] 1-0 0/1/3 - Rochdale v Carlisle United (19:45) [LC] 1-0 0/1/3 - Sheffield Utd v Blackburn Rovers (19:45) [LC] 3-1 0/1/3 - Bristol Rovers v Brighton (19:45) [LC] 0-2 0/1/3 - Cardiff City v Luton Town (19:45) [LC] 1-0 0/1/3 - Crawley Town v Norwich City (19:45) [LC] 0-2 0/1/3 - Crystal Palace v Colchester Utd (19:45) [LC] 2-0 0/1/3 - Fulham v Southampton (19:45) [LC] 1-2 0/1/3 - Newport County v West Ham Utd (19:45) [LC] 0-2 0/1/3 - Oxford Utd v Millwall (19:45) [LC] 1-2 0/1/3 - Plymouth Argyle v Reading (19:45) [LC] 2-1 0/1/3 - Southend Utd v Milton Keynes Dons (19:45) [LC] 2-1 0/1/3 - Watford v Coventry City (19:45) [LC] 2-1 Wednesday 28th August 2019 (7 Games - Maximum Points: 21) 0/1/3 - Burnley v Sunderland (19:45) [LC] 2-1 0/1/3 - Lincoln City v Everton (19:45) [LC] 1-2 0/1/3 - Newcastle Utd v Leicester City (19:45) [LC] 2-1 0/1/3 - Rotherham Utd v Sheffield Wednesday (19:45) [LC] 1-0 0/1/3 - AFC Bournemouth v Forest Green Rovers (19:45) [LC] 3-0 0/1/3 - Queens Park Rangers v Portsmouth (19:45) [LC] 2-1 0/1/3 - Swansea City v Cambridge Utd (19:45) [LC] 2-1 Friday 30th August 2019 (1 Game - Maximum Points: 3) 0/1/3 - Cardiff City v Fulham (19:45) [CH] 1-0 Saturday 31st August 2019 (20 games - Maximum Points: 60) 0/1/3 - Southampton v Manchester Utd (12:30) [PL] 1-2 0/1/3 - Bristol City v Middlesbrough (12:30) [CH] 2-1 0/1/3 - Crystal Palace v Aston Villa (15:00) [PL] 2-1 0/1/3 - Chelsea v Sheffield Utd (15:00) [PL] 1-2 0/1/3 - Newcastle v Watford (15:00) [PL] 2-1 0/1/3 - Man City v Brighton (15:00) [PL] 2-0 0/1/3 - West Ham v Norwich City (15:00) [PL] 1-2 0/1/3 - Leicester City v Bournemouth (15:00) [PL] 1-0 0/1/3 - Birmingham City v Stoke City (15:00) [CH] 2-1 0/1/3 - Brentford v Derby County (15:00) [CH] 2-1 0/1/3 - Leeds United v Swansea City (15:00) [CH] 2-0 0/1/3 - Luton Town v Huddersfield Town (15:00) [CH] 1-0 0/1/3 - Milllwall v Hull City (15:00) [CH] 2-1 0/1/3 - Nottingham Forest v Preston North End (15:00) [CH] 1-0 0/1/3 - Reading v Charlton Athletic (15:00) [CH] 1-0 0/1/3 - Sheffield Wednesday v Queens Park Rangers (15:00) [CH] 2-1 0/1/3 - West Bromwhich Albion v Blackburn Rovers (15:00) [CH] 2-1 0/1/3 - Wigan Athletic v Barnsley (15:00) [CH] 2-1 0/1/3 - Burnley FC v Liverpool (17:30) [PL] 1-3 0/1/3 - Fort William FC v Wick Academy (15:00) [HL] 2-5 Sunday 1st September 2019 (2 games - Max Points: 6) 0/1/3 - Everton v Wolves (14:00) [PL] 2-1 0/1/3 - Arsenal v Tottenham (16:30) [PL] 3-1

Now you tell me. I've been humming "Life's been good" for the last ten minutes. "My Maserati does 185, I lost my licence so now I don't drive..." ETA: I've voted Bernie because: A @Toast I've heard of him. B I've actually read some of his proposals and like what he stands for C @RadGuy is a fan as per @msc. There, that's my tagging quota for the year used up in one post.

I know, but I'm fcuked if I'm correcting you twice on one page, it starts to look vindictive. Bollox, that's what var is for, The ref didn't give it and neither did the Air Traffic Controllers review refs in the Slough bunker.

Ah yes, you're a barcode ofc. Perhaps you should have kept the faith yourself since you had to have been with everyone else on a Spurs home win, since that was 9-zip in prediction land? Either that or livin' on a prayer worked out for you

11th of 10 teams should not be sniffed at either. Kudos. Though that may have something to do with GuN conspiring to appear twice with a sneaky 2nd appearance at 9th with the same 15 points that places him 4th.

This ought to be worked into a porn script. "That's the wrong Koch!"

I used to have one of his bikes. (a lame gag based on ddp thread and not knowing who all these people are)

Gone off half Koched

Charlton Athletic v Brentford (15:00) [CH] 0-1

Damn. I love the Brentford Trilogy.

Fernando Ricksen - Footballer Suzanne Whang - US TV comic/actress Chris Doleman - Hall of Famer in American football. (NFL, that is, not "soccer") Susan Bayh - Wife of former US Presidential hopeful Evan Bayh and admittedly fringey. Rachel Zoll - Journalist Clive James - We all know who he is. Ronald J Shurer - Medal of Honour holder. John Andretti - racing car driver - No, but I know there's a Mario Andretti Noel Conway - the British right to die guy. Denis Goldberg - anti-apartheid activist and colleague of Nelsons "Monsanto Man" AKA Dewayne Johnson - the dude who sued Monsanto for his cancer. Not famous at all, despite The Guardian writing a million articles on him. Barry Du Bois - Ozzie TV host. Dr Bruce Reid - Chief medical officer at one of the biggest sports clubs in Australia, who was the centre of a massive doping scandal few years ago. Genesis P-orridge - Punk musician. Leanne Barrett - famous for being ill. Steve Gleason - well regarded NFLer . Julian Fiano - UK reality TV star. Amy Price - Jordan's mum. Nobby Stiles - World Cup winner Marieke Vervoort - Paralympian Bill Freehan - Big name in US sports. Richard Hadlee - " one of the greatest fast bowlers and all-rounders in cricketing history". Harry Reid - Big name US Senator Greg Gilbert - Delays singer Pat Smullen - jockey Pete Frates - the guy behind the Ice Bucket challenge Ernie Moss - English footballer Sacheen Littlefeather - activist, her who accepted Brando's Godfather Oscar. Michael Robinson - Liverpool midfielder of the 1980s Kate Figes - author Amer Deghayes - Iran political prisoner Ruth Bader GInsburg - Supreme Court Judge Doug Hoyle - Owner of Huddersfield Town FC Paul Volcker - leading US economist Jacci Woodcock - Cancer fundraiser who is now an OBE and pal of the Queen, apparently... Rodion GA - Singer far bigger in Germany (where Reptile is from) than here. Lloyd Klein - mediocre fashion designer Lars Hogh - Danish footballer from the 90s David Smith - Paralympian. Solidarity with Toasty here. In fact I leave you trailing in the dust with my lack of knowledge... . I probably know about twice as many as those highlighted now, but only from frequenting this place. This is also why I make no attempt at these 'research needed' pools and tend to stick to those that are 'pick from a list'. I'd be an atrocious waste of the scorers time in these. Joey, I only know what the office of the senate majority leader even is from watching The West Wing about 20 times. I certainly don't know any real life incumbent.

Wednesday 21st August 2019 Cardiff City v Huddersfield (19:45) [CL] 1-0 Preston v Stoke City (19:45) [CL] 1-1 QPR v Swansea City (19:45) [CL] 0-1 Leeds United v Brentford (19:45) [CL] 1-0 Charlton v Nottingham Forest (19:45) [CL] 2-1 Fulham v Millwall (19:45) [CL] 2-1 West Brom v Reading (19:45) [CL] 2-0  Friday 23rd August 2019 Aston Villa v Everton (20:00) [PL] 0-2 Saturday 24th August 2019 Norwich City v Chelsea (12:30) [PL] 2-1 Derby County v West Brom (12:30) [CH] 1-2 Brighton v Southampton (15:00) [PL] 1-0 Man Utd v Crystal Palace (15:00) [PL] 2-1 Watford v West Ham (15:00) [PL] 1-0 Sheff Utd v Leicester City (15:00) [PL] 1-2 QPR v Wigan Athletic (15:00) [CH] 2-1 Fulham v Nottingham Forest (15:00) [CH] 1-2 Stoke City v Leeds United (15:00) [CH] 2-1 Preston v Sheffield Wednesday (15:00) [CH] 1-0 Hull City v Bristol City (15:00) [CH] 1-0 Huddersfield v Reading (15:00) [CH] 2-1 Blackburn v Cardiff City (15:00) [CH] 0-1 Barnsley v Luton Town (15:00) [CH] 1-0 Middlesbrough v Millwall (15:00) [CH] 1-0 Liverpool v Arsenal (17:30] [PL] 2-3  Sunday 25th August 2019 Swansea City v Birmingham (12:00) [CH] 1-2 Bournemouth v Man City (14:00) [PL] 0-2 Tottenham v Newcastle (16:30) [PL] 2-0 Wolves v Burnley (16:30) [PL] 2-1

Boris "I don't even know how many kids I've sired" de-Pfeiffel Wall-Spaffer Johnson not enough of a stud?

Ok, so it's american in origin. Sue me.

I assume me, because whatever the late penalty is, it'll be more than the zero everyone else gets. Whether that means a new team for everyone else I don't know